Unfortunately the reason that it was left off that list is because the title has been cancelled due to “declining” demand for the Blu-ray format. As of late this week WWE has confirmed that will also be the case in the United States with new details passed on to their domestic Home Video distributor.

However, now scheduled is a 2-disc DVD to accommodate the entire event and a set of extras.

The release date will be September 19th, approximately one month after the pay-per-view event airs, as you can now see on our WWE DVD Release Dates page.

You may recall that release dates for September and October had already been named with no sign of SummerSlam. Perhaps there was a hold up while a decision was made on whether or not the PPV would be viable for a Blu-ray release this year; potentially a subject of debate within the company.

The U.S. SummerSlam DVD should be up for pre-order on Amazon any day now, while the UK and Australian versions are already available to buy from the usual online retailers.

– Australia: October 25th. Pre-order the SummerSlam 2017 DVD over at Madman.com.au.

New logo artwork and an updated synopsis has just arrived for WWE’s new NXT DVD and Blu-ray!

“NXT – From Secret to Sensation” is on the way for November release, featuring a documentary main feature on the Top 25 Greatest Superstars in NXT history and bonus content made up matches, moments and additional material that’s said to be unavailable on the WWE Network.

NXT is the brand where WWE Superstars compete before appearing on RAW and SmackDown Live and is responsible for producing some of the greatest talent and most successful champions in WWE. Hear from current and former NXT Superstars themselves, as we count down NXT’s Top 25 Greatest Superstars.

NEW RELEASE: Starved for new content? Kayfabe Commentaries is on a roll with their new DVDs and this week they released a new “SUPERCARD” featuring Jim Duggan.

This one centers around Royal Rumble ’88, WWE’s first-ever Rumble event. Check out the trailer below as “Hacksaw” talks about the origins of the 30-man match, the stamina needed to go the distance in one, and if it ever gets confusing remembering who and who not to throw out!

WEEKEND WATCH: The latest entry to eBay Watch finds a massive lot of Anthology box sets being auctioned off this weekend. It’s a biggun containing the WrestleMania, the Royal Rumble and the SummerSlam complete Anthologies, a rare WWF DVD, and several 3-disc sets!

For me as well, it is very simple: no blu ray, no purchase. Moreover, in an e-mail conversation I once had with someone working for WWE Home Video UK at the beginning of this year, I was told that 60% of the online sales on wwedvd.co.uk consisted of blu ray. If people have a choice between blu ray and DVD, many of them (not all, but many, i.e. 60%) would buy blu ray, I was litterally told. So saying that there is no demand? Can’t be true. By the way, everyone is entitled to choose the format they want, but people who stick to watching DVD now, will regret it later when one day they have to replace their current TV-set. As today already, there are almost no HD-tv’s available any more. Most TV’s retailers are offering, are 4K’s. And DVD on 4K-sets look … terrible.

Then either the person you spoke to at the beginning of the year, or the the rep from WWE HV UK who told WDN that Blu-Ray’s aren’t selling well, are lying. Unless something drastically changed within the last 6-8 months.

I’m sure no one is lying, but I would like to point out that if you are emailing wwedvd.co.uk you may not necessarily be speaking to somebody ‘representing’ WWE Home Video UK (which I guess you’d call FremantleMedia), you’d probably instead be talking to somebody running that independently ran website about their own sales volumes.

On an old schedule there was supposed to be another September pay per view for Smackdown before No Mercy. Looks like it was just a rumor. Maybe they will package TLC with the December PPV which I think is Clash of Champions.

Can not agree with you more.. the pre-hd age from 2007 and back is an obvious SD market, and I will never ever get rid of the jam packed releases from back then where WWE understood to produce high class DVD sets.

I just wish they would follow their own brilliance from back then and continue with the only true format for HD filmed material. Seriously.. 8K UHD is just around the corner.. 😉

There’s 0% chance of WWE producing 8K Ultra discs. They never even moved forward to 4K Ultra. The best bet anyone can hope for is one day WWE starts selling digital copies in 4K. They still sell HD digital copies, so there’s hope for 4K digital at least.

“Good, blu-rays don’t offer you anything better anyway. Waste of money!” Seriously. If you’re gonna deny, at least make sure your troll jobs aren’t on this same page. See ya later Mark. Or Watson. Or whatever name you decide on tomorrow.

I don’t think WWE will ever release in 4K, let along even upgrade to 4K cameras. Interesting thing is that UFC does offer 4K PPVs but are exclusive to Sony TVs if you purchase through the UFC app. Some PPV providers did offer UFC 200 in 4K for the first time and i believe all other events after. However, not sure if UFC are using true 4K cameras or its just upscaled…my guess its the later and not true 4K.

Without a Sony TV, even if UFC did film their events using true 4K, they would still need a cable/satellite/streaming service that is compatible with 4K technology. If a cable company is only delivering a 1080P output, then the 4K events will be downscaled. Still got a way to go in that regard, but at least there is progress being made.

I believe 4K in 3D isn’t possible due to the codecs from what i read a while back.

I liked how Sony had the 4K + 3D + Blu-ray + Digital combos for few of their releases – Ghostbusters was one of them, even though the movie was crap the 3D was amazing and its absolutely crisp in 4K. I usually buy those combos as I got the LG E6 4K OLED last year which has 3D and 4K so gives me the option. Even before I bought my 4K movie I was buying the 4K combo packs for when I do upgrade. Sucks that 3D has been dropped because its absolutely amazing on the LG E6. GotG 2 has 4K + 3D combo exclusive to Best Buy and from what I read its definitely a must watch in 3D.

“Double the expenses” isn’t necessarily accurate. More expense than a single-disc edition, yes, but double? It’s an extra disc. Whereas if they produced the BluRay that would mean the disc, more artwork to be printed and more plastic cases. So, yeah, they’re still saving money by doing it this way any way you look at it.